Semi-Automated Phenotyping

Every phenotyping inquiry is different and as a result the ideal system design will also vary.

For situations where some of the below requirements apply:

Lower temporal resolution is required

High spatial resolution is required

Large population sizes

Budget is limited

Plants should grow in pots on cultivation floors to reproduce natural growing conditions

Plants should grow outdoors but ideally be measured automatically in a controlled environment; a conveyor based semi-automated solution could prove to be a better solution.

Conveyors of the systemThe WPSSmartFlo systemconsists out of a network of conveyors throughout different greenhouse bays and/ or greenhouse compartments, in combination with plants growing on cultivation floors or benching. All these conveyors connect to acentral imaging areawhere all the sensors are located.

Accordingly, the costs for the conveyor system are extremely reduced when compared tofully automated plant phenotyping systems; but throughput and imaging capabilities are not compromised! Furthermore, SmartFlo still allows for individual identification of all plants and performs all imaginable automated measurements in order to generate accurate and validated data for all plants.

Modular designThe SmartFlo product family is a modular group of products designed to integrate with each other seamlessly- highly suitable for step-by-step expansion and upgrades over time. Researchers can embark with a simple semi-automated system and expand over time, step-wise or immediately, to a large scale fully automated system, retaining the integrated modules of the SmartFlo system.

Another benefit of the high degree of connectivity is that all modules can be installed and maintained easily by the user with non or very limited WPS supervision.

Ease of useSince the conveyor system should work for you, instead of the other way around, we take great pride in the highly integrated design between modular hardware,RFID control system and software. This makes the system easy to operate and very robust and reliable in everyday use.